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UT men’s tennis adds two players to signing class

Scott Jones of Perth, Australia, and Luca Wiedenmann of Munich, Germany, have signed to play tennis for Tennessee.

Jones has had a career-best ITF ranking of 99 and won a singles ITF event in New Zealand. Wiedenmann has won a national doubles title and is the No. 6 German in his age group. They join Steven Karl from Brentwood who enrolled in January and redshirted in the spring.

'Whenever we're recruiting for this program, being an outstanding tennis player is a critical component,' UT men's coach Sam Winterbotham said in a school release. 'We're looking for young men who have great character and a work ethic to match. Scott, Luca and Steven are three high-quality individuals who are incredibly hard working.

'The last component that makes me excited about this group is that they all want to be part of a team, and they want the team to be successful. They know that individual development is going to be taken care of during their time here, but it takes a team to win championships.'

Hammond Honored: Tennessee freshman Sadie Hammond was named second-team All-SEC and to the SEC All-Freshman team. Hammond led the team in singles wins with 21 .